Congratulations to Fasika Woreta, M.D., M.P.H., on being named Physician of the Year by the Johns Hopkins Medicine Clinical Awards for Physicians and Care Teams. Woreta was nominated for her work leading the ophthalmology residency program at the Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins.

Since the start of her tenure, Dr. Woreta has led multiple initiatives to improve residency education. She has received a teaching or advocacy award every year she has been on faculty at Wilmer. Woreta introduced and is the sole practitioner of corneal neurotization at Wilmer — one of only a handful of centers in the nation that conduct this delicate procedure. She works with multiple ophthalmology programs across the country, the U.S. military and international groups to improve ocular trauma care.

See highlights from the Clinical Excellence Awards.